heavy-metal-darkness: Outlaw | Opus Mortis

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Outlaw | Opus Mortis | AOP Records

Release date: 31.10.2025
Formats: CD / LP / Digital
Genre: Black Metal
Country: Brazil/Germany

Born in São Paulo in 2015, Outlaw began as an eruption of defiance, a reaction to the rot of conformity. The band’s early fire quickly grew beyond Brazil, finding a new home in Dresden, Germany, where it evolved into a sharpened entity of disciplined aggression. Across their previous works, Outlaw carved a reputation for channeling raw black metal through an unflinching vision, violent, transcendental, and spiritual. “Opus Mortis” continues this path, pushing further into their unique union of fury and devotion.

From the first seconds, “Opus Mortis” burns with deliberate direction. Outlaw’s sound here is mature, not in limitation, but in focus. The guitars blaze with that cold, northern bite, and there’s something definitely Brazilian beneath the wild pulse that refuses to be tamed. D.’s vocals remain the axis, rising venomous and falling like invocations. T.’s drumming is relentless, detailed, and thunderous, pushing the songs forward with violence and grace.

The guests add new colors to the inferno. Jelle Soolsma (Dödsrit) lends haunting tones to “The Crimson Rose”, while Lucas Veles’ solo on “A Million Midnights” burns with eerie beauty. Georgios Maxouris’ appearance on “Those Who Breathe Fire” deepens the album’s ritualistic energy, a true communion of kindred spirits across borders. Production-wise, “Opus Mortis” benefits from Daniel Souza’s ear for balance and Tore Stjerna’s mastering, which gives the chaos a tangible form. The sound remains feral but every instrument holds its space. It’s an album that knows its own strength, just forged in black fire and shaped with determination.

Across its forty-two minutes, “Opus Mortis” unfolds like a storm with memorable melodies not softening the violence, and the atmosphere rises from true belief. Outlaw’s fusion of southern heat and European discipline results in something fierce and human, a work that channels death, faith, and transcendence through sound. “Opus Mortis” confirms Outlaw’s place among modern black metal’s most authentic voices. It’s the sound of a band that no longer needs to prove anything, only to burn brighter.

Score: 8.3